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Renaissance Astrological Magic - Introduction to theory and history of traditional magical astrology.
Sympathy or the Devil - Excellent resource. Discusses hermetic tradition in Renaissance talismanic magic.
Renaissance Attitudes Towards Faustus as a Magician - A look at Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, including a description of Elizabethan perspectives on the occult and Faust's magic.
Picatrix - Resource for key text used in Renaissance magic. Contains history, translations and examples.
Twilit Grotto -- Esoteric Archives - A collection of various esoteric writers from the Renaissance.
The Impact of Freemasonry on Elizabethan Literature - Article by Ron Heisler from the Hermetic Journal.
Ficino Venus Talisman - Venus talisman example with astrological election, construction, ritual and results using methods of Marsilio Ficino.
The Kabbala of Shakespeare - Article by Paul T. Olson exploring the possible influence of Qabalistic themes on Shakespeare's works.

Renaissance magic - Magic and occultism in the Late Medieval and Renaissance period (15th and 16th century).
Natural magic - Natural magic in the context of Renaissance magic is that part of the occult which deals with natural forces directly, as opposed to ceremonial magic , in particular goety and theurgy, which deals with the summoning of spirits. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa so uses the term in his 1526 de vanitate.
Olympian spirits - Olympian spirits (or Olympic spirits, Olympick spirits) refers to seven (or sometimes fourteen) spirits mentioned in several renaissance and post-renaissance books of ritual magic/ceremonial magic, such as the Arbatel de magia veterum, The Secret Grimoire of Turiel and The Complete Book of Magic Science. The Arbatel of Magick (1655, London) writes of the Olympian spirits: "They are called Olympick spirits, which do inhabit in the firmament, ...
Circle of Magic - The Circle of Magic is a quartet of novels written by Tamora Pierce set in a pseudo-medieval/renaissance era. It revolves around four young mages, each specializing in a different kind of magic, as they learn to control their extraordinary and strong powers and put them to use.
Grimoire Verum - The 'Grimoire Verum' or True Grimoire is one of several Keys of Solomon published in the Renaissance. It was translated by Arthur Waite and published as The Book of Ceremonial Magic in 1911.